Reviews

• gamedeal user

  Apr 24, 2022

  Great classic. Game is reminding of HOMM series with turn based strategical map campaign and tactical battles. Excellent and original races and units, colonization, town building and razing, spells and creatures.. Great trip back to childhood years again.
• gamedeal user

  Aug 29, 2014

  It's a great game, but unfortunatelly this version has a lot ot compatibility issues and crashes too often. For example, I can't even zoom out the map, because when I try to do so - the game crashes. Plus, lots of other isses. If not for that, this store item would be a must have.
• gamedeal user

  Sep 19, 2022

  A classic turn based strategy game, definitely a little slow paced for modern tastes but lots of fun if you have the time and patience.
• gamedeal user

  Oct 30, 2014

  wonderful game for fans of turn based strategy games! i did enjoy "age of wonders: shadow magic" more but it's still great. great example of how much fun a rather simple game can be and also how much it can challenge you!
• gamedeal user

  Nov 19, 2014

  Played this game early in my gaming years, countless hours progressing through content. A real gem in the gaming industry. and its recent sequel Age of Wonders 3 is even better than the this one. I highly recommend both.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 29, 2014

  The AI can see everything on the map. This means your scout unit will get ambushed and killed while you're trying to get the map revealed. It also means the AI will quickly move in to take an undefended city. This means that taking risky gambles will also never pay off, and it slows everything down as you'll either be producing throw away scouts or exploring with an armies.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 27, 2016

  There’s a big list of spells, many details to track, loads of different units to recruit, train, and summon, a good level of challenge, an interface that doesn’t get in the way of playing the game, and a very intriguing end-game sequence. It's one of those games you can start playing one evening, and then the next time you look up it's three in the morning. With beautiful graphics, a smart AI, and a dragon’s hoard of replayability, Age of Wonders II is a winner. Truly, A phenomenal game.
• gamedeal user

  May 11, 2017

  This game is a classic. Is really long, hours and hours. Pretty entertaining. There are plenty spells and lots of units. It's a "just one more turn" game, and that says a lot. But, finally finished it and was a good ride. The music is good. Graphics are still nice, they might be old, but really, have you seen plenty new games? Many are far worst looking. Story wise, OK. No bugs or crashes. The compaign is huge. Now, the game is hard. Is a grindfest. Basically, all the scenarios require the total conquest of the map and most are very large. It might not sound bad or unheard for this kind of game, but lack of different objectives kinda make it a little bit predictable every time. Nevertheless, the AI is challenging and that's good. If you're very patient and like strategy and don't mind a lot of grind, probably you will like it.
• gamedeal user

  Sep 26, 2017

  If you like Fantasy and Top Down RTS then you'll love Age of Wonders II. It's actually better than Age of Wonders 3 in so many ways. If it goes on sale I'd say it's a MUST BUY for this genre.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 1, 2013

  If you don't mind outdated games definitely play this and Shadow Magic, the Age of Wonders games are the best of this type of strategy game, much better than any heroes of might and magic game or even Civ despite the fact that they've been continuing to release content while Age of Wonders hasn't for over 10 years (Age of Wonders 3 is now in developement though). It has a hex tile map with turn based movement and a battle mode that takes you into a seperate map like in heroes of might and magic but much MUCH better, it even takes into account unit fatigue, morale, experience and the angle and distance at which they attack (obstacles like walls and rocks you have to shoot over reduce chances of projectiles hitting). Sidenote: For anyone having crash issues, this is an old game, disable direct 3d and directsound to eliminate crashing, run on compatibility mode if it makes you feel any better. You can set resolution all the way up, the main menu and the intro video will still be tiny for some reason but once you're actually in game everything will be the right size.